Shoe.



EATENTED JUNE 5, 1906.

Noi 822,381.

E. MUGS.

SHE.

APPLIGATION rum wma, mi`

v'ject below the sides ci t e shoe.

Letters Patent Patented 'June 5, 190%.

pplicaton @ed Octolier 28, 1904:. Serial tio. 280,4,38

To; @ZZ y whom if ima/y coneenmj ;Be it known that i, Riininonn Moos, a citizen of the. United Stateafresiding at flacerville, in the'county of Eldorado, State A as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertsins'tc ineke and use the same. This invention relates -toshoea and more particularly tov the-,fastening nfieansfV thereof, and has foi its object to provide a lshoe'iwhich open at the rear instead of the nent and which In'afbe quickly put on or teiten ed, as dsired,tme heei`portion :forming a portion o the fastening means. 4 K

Other objectsand advantages Wiiil he .ap-v parent from the following description, and it will be understood'that modiiications oi the specific 'construction shown 'may be made and any suitable materiels ma he nsed withI out deplartin'g from the spirit o the invention. I In t e drawings' forming a portion ci this specication, and which like nurneiais ci lrefereiice indicate SMM' paints the severai views, Figin'e. .i is aside eie' ation a sane, A Fig, 2 isa iongitndinais 3 1s a perspective view showing th oe open.

Fig. i is a transvesse section taken tine 4. i

of, Fig. 2, .Referring now to the drawnigs, the present invention comprises the usual; portions Welsh ,go` to :makeup-a shoe; but in the present its stance. the lshoe 1s closed inront and is lsplit u the back,'as stse'wn4 at 5K At one side oi t s lit the shoe'carries a iiap 6, Whichiifhen the s .ce is uponthe Jfoot entends over the splfitand'hes against the/ side of the shoe to which 1t 1s secured' by resilient fasteners 7 or .in any other suitable manner.

4Cemented between the leatherv and the lining of the shoe at either side of the spiit is a metallic plate 8, these two plates'taling the place of the counter usnaily employed in the shoe, and these plates are each provided with.

a plurality of dependin hooks 9, which pro The heel l0 of the shoe consists ci the iisuai layers of leather, one layer being the g'eai pon tion of the soie or heel-seat, 'and to the upper l -faee of the heel-seat there 1s secured a metalhooks 9, andheiow these slots the hee -seat provided with chambers i3 for the reception ci the ends off-the hooks. Secured to the upperiace oi the metallic plate 1l there .therethtough registering With the slots 12.

in use the heelseat is disengaged from the hooks, and after unfastening the liiap 6 the rear portions of the shoe are separated to erthe iiap is-i`estened and the heel is placed in position, the hooks!) being passed through the passages 15 and engaged in the slots 12, The thickness of the layer 14 is somewhat hooks, so that when the lhools'aie engaged a- Water-tight joint.

What 1s claimed .is-

the uppei' at the sides of the spiit together.

3, in a shoe, the combination with a split upper, ci heei portions detachahly connected pfith the upper and aisang to heid the portions thereoi at either ge.ther,l and a resiiient iayer between the uppe and the heei. A

, 4.- A shoe comprising an upper spit for the reception of the foot, a split conntei secured lying at oppositev sides oi the spiitof the up-` per, depending hooks carried by the two pon tions ot the counter and heel portions having slots therein in which the hooks are removl ianged to heid the poitions oi the upper and `counter against separation.

in testiinon;T Wheieof i my signatuic in presence ci two vntnesses. A RJNHLE MGS. Witnesses: l

` G. E. JEWELL,

J, H. BRADLEY,

slots v"being arranged for engagement h the 55 is a iayei of yriiheii le, having passages 15 6o v mit of the insertion of the foot, after winch 65 greater than the iength of the Shanks of the 7o thesiots the rubber is compressed to forni l. in a-shoe, the-combination with an u 75 provided lwith a 8o with the upper and to heid the4 portions of 85 e' ofthe split to ce Within the upper, the portions of the counter 9 5 ahiy engaged, said heei portions being an roo 

